Category: Tri-Town News

  • Play will open with benefit for Rose’s Fund and MCSPCA

    FREEHOLD — Center Players will present “Sylvia,” an adult comedy about a love triangle between a middle-aged man, the dog he adopts and his surprised and perplexed wife. The production includes an openingnight fundraiser to benefit two animal-loving organizations: Rose’s Fund for Animals and the Monmouth County SPCA. “Sylvia” was written by A.R. Gurney, the…

  • Ocean County will use Lakewood’s truck wash

    I n its ongoing efforts to maintain environmental standards while saving time and money, Ocean County will enter into a shared services agreement with Lakewood for use of the municipality’s truck wash. “Ocean County is a big county covering almost 640 square miles,” said Freeholder James F. Lacey, who serves as liaison to Ocean County’s…

  • Learn the secrets of soda at Toms River library

    On Aug. 2 at 7 p.m., author Andrew Schloss will share soda-making secrets when he presents “Homemade Soda: 200 Recipes for Making and Using Fruit Sodas and Fizzy Juices, Sparkling Waters, Root Beers and Cola Brews, Herbal and Healing Waters, Floats and Other Carbonated Concoctions” at the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington St., Toms River.…

  • Man charged with burglary

    JACKSON — A 19-year-old Jackson resident was charged with burglary and other crimes following his arrest earlier this month. According to a press release issued by the Jackson Police Department, officers responded to a pool house parking lot on Brookfield Drive at 5:40 a.m. July 9 for a report of a burglary and theft to…

  • Howell’s RAGE group continues petition drive

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— Members of Residents Against Global Entity (RAGE) are still seeking Howell taxpayers to get involved in their movement. RAGE was formed in response to the Howell Township Council’s recent 4-1 vote to set aside $6.9 million for the possible purchase of the Global office building. Howell officials have said…

  • House OKs funds to help prevent veterans’ suicide

    Supporters hoping that Senate will also approve funding BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Millions of dollars to help prevent suicide among U.S. soldiers and reservists is one step closer to being put in place. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) successfully offered an amendment in Congress to set aside $20 million for efforts to prevent military…

  • Mechanical problem KOs town meeting

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer HOWELL— A full agenda of business was not heard by the Howell Township Council on July 12 because an air conditioning malfunction in town hall caused the evening’s meeting to be canceled. Among the items on the agenda was a public hearing regarding a proposed change in the process of…

  • Jackson residents named to boards, commissions

    JACKSON — Appointments to municipal boards and committees were made by the mayor and Township Council during the governing body’s July 5 reorganization meeting. The following individuals were appointed to the Municipal Alliance Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse for a term beginning July 1, 2011, and ending on Dec. 31, 2012: Mayor Mike Reina,…

  • Travelin’ music for the Jazz & Blues Festival

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation’s three-day Jazz & Blues Festival will be divided among three towns on three dates this summer. “We are actually bringing the music to a couple of new communities,” foundation manager Doris Lazur said. In some ways, organizing and executing the three one-day events…